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If you pre-ordered hop rhizomes, or if you want to pick some up to plant, they will be available for sale starting Monday April 1. See our previous post for pricing and varieties. Extra rhizomes are sold on a first come, first served basis. We can’t put any aside long-term. Planting and care instructions are available in the Home Brew Department.

Scott Russell, the Market’s home-brew expert, is now in charge of our wine and beer department, too. He’s created a new honey-based wine display featuring

Honeymaker meads, based in Portland, ME

Hardwick, VT’s Caledonia Winery honey and fruit wines.

The Honeymaker meads are made with local Maine wildflower honey. Flavors include strawberry, blueberry, dry-hopped, and ‘reserve’, aged in bourbon barrels. Scott is enthusiastic about all of these dry meads. Prices range from around $17 to $28.

Closer to home, Caledonia Winery in Hardwick makes a honey-blueberry and a honey-elderberry wine. Scott describes their flavor as ‘fruity’ — not a big surprise, but worth knowing. Price: around $16.

Homebrewers will be interested to know that Scott has started a Facebook page directly related to the Market’s homebrew department. You can find him and friend him at: SoRo Homebrew.

We have received our annual shipment of fresh, ready-to-plant hop rhizomes (from Oregon). Available for sale starting Friday afternoon, 4/6 – $5 per rhizome, 13 different varieties to choose from. Planting and care instructions available, or email Scott at homebrew@soromarket if you have any questions!

Just got word from an old friend, a homebrewer who also has some professional and commercial brewing experience, who is moving and can’t take all his stuff with him – and can’t bear to trash it if he can avoid it. He has MANY MANY clean, delabled bottles of various styles and sizes, and would love to give them to someone who can use them. If you are interested and can arrange to pick them up in Norwich (VT), call Ward at 802-299-6278. He also has some brewing equipment he is willing to sell at a reasonable price, so again, give him a call and see what he has.

Spring and summer bring many opportunities to celebrate with family and friends. Whether it for Mother or Father’s Day, graduation, birthday, or a hostess present, the Market has many thoughtful gift ideas.

Make your own selection, or call ahead (763-2400) to order a gift basket, or buy a gift certificate at the register.

The Home Brew Department will have a fairly good quantity of hop rhizomes available for sale starting Wednesday, 4/20. If you pre-ordered rhizomes, they will be tagged and put aside for you. If you didn’t order any, don’t worry – there will be plenty available. For more info or to reserve rhizomes from what has arrived, email Scott at homebrew@soromarket.com. Rhizomes will sell for $4.50 each.

I will be ordering hop rhizomes after this weekend. If you would like to plant your own hops, we will have a pretty good selection available in about 3 weeks or so. If there is a particular hop variety and/or quantity you would like to grow (from the list below) email me (homebrew@soromarket.com) and I will do my best to save it/them for you. Once they arrive, rhizomes will be sold on a first come, first served basis except for those reserved and pre-ordered. Rhizomes will cost $4.50 apiece.